Get Tangled with Mad Men, a Black Swan and The Ten Commandments

New on Blu 3-29-11: Blu-ray March Madness concludes with a slew of new releases and catalog hits.

By R.L. Shaffer

Greetings once again fans of Blu. Blu-ray March Madness gets wrapped up this week, and boy are studios rolling out the titles, so let's dive right in, shall we?

To mix things up a little, let's start with the catalog classics, TV shows, cult hits and indie flicks coming to Blu-ray this week. First up is the much-anticipated release of Mad Men: Season Four. The popular AMC series has endured four years of absolutely excellent entertainment, and this box set continues to provide the tantalizing drama fans crave. Bonus materials include commentary tracks for each episode alongside several featurettes. If you're looking for a review of season four, be sure to check out our Mad Men TV page.

Other hits this week include King of Kings and Soylent Green from Warner, Awakenings from Image, The Times of Harvey Milk, Topsy-Turvy and The Mikado from Criterion, and the cult teen comedy Teen Wolf from MGM/UA. Also from MGM/UA is All Dogs Go to Heaven (1 and 2), the animated cult classic The Secret of NIMH, the biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told and many more.

Summit has the new release Fair Game (you can read the review <a href=http://bluray.ign.com/articles/115/1157013p1.html target=_blank). warner has the cartoon network animated film firebreather (read our review of that Blu-ray here). Cult studio Blue Underground has the Dario Argento horror classic Inferno. While Magnolia has All Good Things, the indie thriller starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. And First Look Studios has the offbeat mystery Dead Awake, starring Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan and Amy Smart.

In anticipation for the release of Wes Craven's Scream 4, Lionsgate (who acquired the rights to the Weinstein catalog just a few months back) has the Scream trilogy arriving separately on Blu-ray. Sadly, that release is missing the long-sought-after unrated cut of the first film (which hasn't been in print since the LaserDisc era). And extras seem to be ports of the previous special edition DVDs, sans the bonus disc that came with the Scream Trilogy DVD box set.

So that's about it for your standard catalog titles, TV shows and indie hits this week. The biggest catalog release this week is probably Paramount's The Ten Commandments. Stacked with extras, this release promises to be the definitive collector's edition of this epic biblical classic. Also noteworthy is the release of Hubble on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D. That release is sold as an exclusive through Best Buy.

The most notable new release this week is easily Darren Aronofsky's award-winning horror-drama, Black Swan. This genre-bending masterpiece is epically terrifying, and dramatically twisted, driven by Natalie Portman's Oscar-winning performance. The disc includes a slew of featurettes and documentaries in keeping with other Aronofsky releases. Expect a Blu-ray review later this week. In the meantime, head over to our Movies channel and give our theatrical review a read or check out our video review below.

And finally, Disney's animated hit Tangled comes to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D. While not the world's best special edition release, this two-disc set does include some fun goodies, including an alternate storybook opening and a few deleted scenes. Expect a review of the Blu-ray release in the coming days. While you're waiting, feel free to check out our theatrical review.

To be honest, I didn't even come close to discussing all that's arriving on Blu-ray this week. Surely, you should be able to find something that whets your appetite. If not, studios will be dropping even more new releases and classic catalog hits next week, including AI: Artificial Intelligence, Taxi Driver, Little Fockers and Tron/Tron Legacy. Be sure to check back next week. Same Bat-time. Same Bat-channel. In the meantime, stay true and stay Blu.